Winnie the Pooh lives in the Hundred Acre Wood, a fictional forest setting inspired by the real Ashdown Forest in East Sussex, England. In the stories by A. A. Milne, the Hundred Acre Wood is a part of a larger forest where Pooh and his friends live and have their adventures. Pooh's house is depicted as being in a tree, often marked with a sign that reads "Mr. Sanders." The real-life inspiration for this setting comes from the Five Hundred Acre Wood in Ashdown Forest, near Milne's country home at Cotchford Farm, Hartfield. This forest and its surroundings are where the character's world was imaginatively created.